Systems and Methods for Securing Applications Executed on Communication Systems

A method for configuring a network of a communication system to secure applications executable on user equipment (UE) connectable to the network, the method comprising:

• receiving from a first entity associated with a first application executable on the UE a predefined first traffic signature corresponding to the first application;
• storing the first traffic signature in a datastore of the communication system;
• configuring a network traffic monitoring tool of an application security system to detect an activation of the first application executing on the UE whereby active traffic associated with the first application manifests on the network;
• configuring the network traffic monitoring tool to monitor the active traffic manifested on the network associated with the first application in response to detecting the activation of the first application;
• configuring a traffic signature comparison tool of the application security system to detect a security breach associated with the first application in response to comparing the active traffic associated with the first application monitored by the network traffic monitoring tool with the first traffic signature stored in the datastore;
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• configuring an alarm tool of the application security system to at least one of issue an alarm and act against the first application in response to the traffic signature comparison tool detecting the security breach associated with the first application.